If you want shipments to Amazon fulfillment centers to have the most accurate account of your inventory, read this article. Our tips will ensure that your shipments are accepted, and they will also help prevent you from having to dispose of products or pay additional fees for shipments that don't meet the guidelines.

In this article, we explain what you, your supplier, or your carrier should do when sending ASINs that are less than truckload (LTL) or a full truckload (FTL) to Amazon fulfillment centers.

Pallet requirements:

• Use 40 x 48 inches, 4-way access wooden pallets.

• Do not ship units on pallets made of plastic, cardboard or particle board.

• If a single, large unit cannot fit on a 40 x 48 inches pallet without overhanging the edges, use a pallet size that is suitable for the unit.

• Ship units on GMA Standard B Grade or higher pallets.

• Ship grocery products on GMA 1A Grade pallets only.

• Only GMA 1A and 1B Grade pallets are acceptable for health & personal care and beauty products.

• Broken and damaged pallets are not acceptable and may be rejected at the seller's expense.

Building a pallet:

• The units on each pallet must all belong to one shipment ID.

• Total weight of the pallet must not exceed 1,500 lb.

• Stage boxes using only standard pallet stacking requirements. Do not bundle shipping boxes using bags, elastic, or extra straps.

• Every box must have a unique shipment ID label placed on all four sides of the stretch wrap. Refer to shipping label requirements.

• The overall height of the pallets must allow 6 inches of clearance from the top of the stack to the roof of the container. Allow for at least 3 inches between pallets.

• See Amazon's shipment packaging requirements.

Stacking boxes on your pallet:

• Separate ASINs so that they are easy to differentiate.

• Guidelines on the box packaging must be followed.

• Build pallets with the FBA box ID labels facing outwards to allow each barcode on the box to be scanned without breaking down the pallet.

• Stack boxes on pallets so that they are stable and flush on all sides.

• For single ASIN pallets, all boxes must be stacked the same way (i.e. horizontal or vertical).

• Pallets ideally have a pack height no higher than 50 inches (45 inches for boxes and 5 inches for pallet) and are stackable.

Box limits: A single LTL shipment cannot exceed 5,000 boxes. To ship more than 5,000 boxes, you must create a second shipment.

For more step-by-step instructions, including how to properly label your boxes, click HERE.